Fancy a Walk ?

While we are holidaying here in the Snowy Mountains I thought it might be time to try to get the whole family to the top of Australia. The walk to the top of Mt Kosciuzsko is a fairly easy one at 6.5 kilometres each way. This is preceeded by a pleasnat chairlift ride to the Eagles Nest  or Thredbo Top Station. The "wife" and I had last completed the walk almost exactly 15 years ago. The difficulty is in the weather and the two smallish children that would be making the walk. The elder one had ridden and walked the mountain last year but for the younger (six y.o.) it would be like doing Dreamworld twice without the rides and fun, so fairly challenging.

Initially it was looking like our outing to the Grand Canyon last year. Not much to see due to low cloud and check out the ankle breezers on our Redhead! Some complaints initially, but once underway she never mentioned the cold legs again.

The adults were dragging the chain for most of the walk, with the kids disappearing into the mist, then reappering to urge us forward!

When the whingeing started I found it could be silenced quickly with a small snack.

Ice in January! This particular feature was difficult to drag them away from.

Finally at the top and the wind was blowing at about 40 knots making walking, talking and pretty much anything else quite difficult. Two Vegemite sandwiches were dispatched in short order and yet another sweet treat fortified the little legs for the stroll back down the hill. ( Its not really a mountain at 7200ft after all)

The view out to the west from just below the summit is breathtaking. I would love to explore around up here some more. One day perhaps.

During the ride down the chairlift I was thinking that I had forgotton something.

A great day was had by all of us and I was very proud of the effort that my family put in and in particular my six year old. He gets an extra gold star for walking about two kilometres more than necessary as he went backward and forward between the Redhead on "point" and us bringing up the rear!

To all those at home suffering through the torrents of rain that keep hammering down, our thoughts are with you. The horrific scenes from Toowoomba had us riveted to the spot, unable to tear our eyes from the graphic news reports this morning. I hope you are all safe and well.